Sweet Ear Candy! CRANK IT UP NOTCH 8 FANS! 5/17/14

This footage was filmed on Saturday May 17th, 2014
While waiting for a #303 Pace bus to head home from the Melrose Park Metra station, a mixed freight led by a UP SD70ACe, a Dash 8, and another SD70ACe came to a stop along Track 1 at the station and stayed there for nearly 30 minutes while awaiting signal clearings. This provided me with the rare opportunity to get up close and personal with freight engines running in Notch 8, and oh my, what a dandy it was!
I stood on the platform and filmed over 15 minutes of those beautiful, heavenly sounds crooned by the engines of UP #8789, UP #9551, and UP #8556.
The video begins with a westbound intermodal led by UP #7888 meeting 8789 and company. The next train seen is UP West Line Metra train #514, pushed by METX #162. Now, this would've been THE perfect video if only a woman did not ask me a question regarding people crossing the tracks since this train blocked the crossing. I don't mind being asked questions, but I would rather not have anyone come up to me and ask me any questions when I'm filming these beautiful sounds!

[@JungleYT]

I remember as a teen, my Grandmother taking me down to Union Station in Los Angeles. We went up on the platform and there was a line of old F-9 class locomotives, one lead unit had a rabbit smashed on the cow catcher. Like they left the fur and the skull on there as a morbid souvenir! LOL Nonetheless, *when the pneumatics went off on those things, it wasn't the gentle spitting sound of these modern units. They all fired off like a shotgun!* These were 3-unit locomotive sets. I'll never forget that... 6:10

[@vrmntthb]

Around the 8 minute mark there are doing a brake test at full throttle which is required before starting out on the run I believe...

[@gordonvincent731]

Older engines had the air compressor attached to the main crankshaft. You would throttle up to run 5 to pump up your air. New engines there is an electric motor for the compressor, so you don't have to throttle up.

[@Super7NorthernRails]

8:51 Ok its the 8th time that i replayed, i love that sound from High rpm to Low Rpm specially on neutral

[@METX210]

I know right. Those sounds are AMAZING!

[@TheACman42]

WOw that's totally awesome! Love the sounds of them notching! And you caught the 8556 too, nice!

[@METX210]

Thanks! These sounds were very beautiful! I wish they would've sat there longer. I'm glad I got 8556. And speaking of getting locomotives, this may be a little off-topic, but I caught my first KCS Southern Belle locomotive earlier today.

[@TheACman42]

***** I agree! And oh wow, good for you!

[@METX210]

***** Thanks. If everything goes as planned, I may post the video Tuesday morning.

[@TheACman42]

Oh nice! I'm at Boston right now and I hope I can railfan the Northeast Corridor. I'm also gonna head up to Canada within couple days and I wanna railfan the CN/CP/VIA there as well.

[@METX210]

***** Oh wow, this is some vacation you're having, with lots of railfanning! Hopefully you'll get what you're looking to catch! Enjoy it!

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

man that leading ace is knocking like holy fucken hell 😂 precombustion ftw

[@METX210]

LOL Yep!

[@silicon212]

It's a two stroke direct injected diesel engine. It can't have detonation / preignition / precombustion ... the knock you are hearing is the air compressor, which is driven off the crankshaft and runs in lock step with the engine.

[@EFC429]

9:31 ying, ying, ying, ying... (in the UK, the Class 66's with 710 are called Daddy Yings)

[@METX210]

Nice, and cute.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

You from the UK?

[@BossSpringsteen69]

One of these days you guys are going to catch me on film. All i can say is your getting warmer. lol

[@METX210]

Lol Interesting.

[@notmeanttobe6940]

I've never heard of a talking speaker warning system before. Fascinating.. Why is there danger from another train coming?

[@METX210]

Suzanne Moore So pedestrians can know if a second train is coming.

[@LM.P]

That commuter set. Wow!! Notch 8?

[@SonicMonumentStudios52]

Sweet sweet music 🎵

[@whiteknightcat]

Ear candy? That wasn't even ear broccoli!

[@bnsf8610]

That is not Run 8

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

!Day-jer! Anoder chrain comming!!

[@METX210]

Yep lol

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

METX210 those ATWS signs are pretty effective but, they can use some adjusting. I realize half the time, they go off even when the train is just pulling into a siding!

[@METX210]

Railfan Brony Sorry for the late reply. I've actually witnessed that before.

[@GMTX-kg8ep]

METX210 yeah, But, other than that, they are pretty useful. No wonder, I've not heard of anything serious besides the Fox River Grove bus tragedy.

[@METX210]

Railfan Brony Me either. Or nothing on that scale of tragic.

[@silicon212]

Is that UP dash 8 even running?

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

its s dash9

[@silicon212]

Nope, it's a dash 8. Look at the trucks, look at the radiator. The dash 9 uses split cooling and has a thicker radiator section. The dash 8 has the old 3-axle trucks, like the -7 and U series. The dash 9 has the hi-ad trucks aka the 'rollerblades'. Also, look at the fuel tank. The dash 9 has a less angular tank. The dash 8 has the same angular tank as the older GEs.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

All three are running.

[@liljrae9684]

just curious what that clicking sound is? i know nothing about trains lol

[@paulbeach7129]

LiLJRAE The sound you're hearing is moisture being purged from the air system.

[@liljrae9684]

cool thanks!

[@cyhigdon987]

Those are the air dryers expelling water vapor from the air tanks.

[@gordonvincent731]

Automatically blows out condensation from from the brake lines.

[@shaedbuech7361]

Pressure, moisture Purge, one of my old rigs had an issue with the air dryer, would sound like a locomotive, at an 800rpm idle. Pressure relief would keep blowing

[@LookOutForTheTrain]

Awesome video!

[@METX210]

Thanks. I just wish they sat there for a much longer time period than they did.

[@raulpachecocardona668]

beriy naice video train

[@robcicco7897]

Lost in space danger danger

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

Nothing happening.

[@billpotokar360]

... too bad another train recording got ANOTHER dislike...

[@rickygarcia7400]

Another train coming that's annoying

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Tell me about it.